Media Releases

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May 8, 2026

MDA SPACE INAUGURATES HIGH-VOLUME SATELLITE MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN MONTRÉAL

May 8, 2026 (Montréal, QC)—MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA; NYSE:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, inaugurated its new high-volume satellite manufacturing facility today in Montréal, marking a defining milestone in the company’s growth as a satellite prime contractor. The 185,000-square-foot expansion was completed in under two years—from groundbreaking to operational clean rooms. One of the world’s largest and most advanced satellite manufacturing facilities in its class, the new facility doubles the company’s manufacturing floor space, providing MDA Space the capacity and capability to meet the growing global demand for advanced satellite constellations.

May 5, 2026

MDA SPACE SECURES 41 EARLY CUSTOMER CONTRACTS AND LETTERS OF INTEREST FOR MDA CHORUS™ DATA

MAY 5, 2026 (TORONTO, ON) – MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA; NYSE:MDA), a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today announced at the GEOINT Symposium that it has finalized nine early customer contracts for MDA CHORUS™ data, its next-generation Earth observation constellation expected to launch in late 2026. In addition, the company has received 32 letters of interest from customers across Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe, North America and the Middle East.

April 20, 2026

MDA SPACE CONTRACTED BY AIRBUS FOR REPEAT ORDER OF ANTENNAS FOR ONEWEB CONSTELLATION EXTENSION

April 20, 2026 (Toronto, ON)—MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA; NYSE:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, has been selected by Airbus to design and build more than 880 Ka-band steerable antennas and 440 Ku-band user replacement antennas for the OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation owned by the global operator Eutelsat. This award follows an initial order to supply close to 2,000 antennas to the constellation, the second largest in lower Earth orbit with approximately 650 satellites, given to MDA Space by OneWeb in 2016.

April 13, 2026

MDA SPACE UNVEILS SPACE CONTROL PLATFORM MDA MIDNIGHT™, DESIGNED TO DEFEND AND PROTECT THE SPACE DOMAIN

April 13, 2026 (TORONTO, ON and COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) – MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA; NYSE:MDA), a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today at the 41st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs announced MDA MIDNIGHT™, a space control platform for defence organizations to defend and protect the space domain.

March 18, 2026

MDA Space awarded contract with Canadian Department of National Defence to deliver Ground-Based Optical Capability for Space Surveillance

March 18, 2026 (TORONTO, ON) – MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA) (NYSE:MDA), a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced today that it has been contracted by Canada’s Defence Investment Agency (DIA) to deliver three Ground-Based Optical (GBO) observatories as part of the Surveillance of Space 2 space domain awareness program to the Department of National Defence (DND). Valued at approximately $32 million, as part of the contract MDA Space will also operate and provide in-service support to ensure long-term sustainment of the ground stations.

February 19, 2026

MDA Space Launches 49North, a Canadian defence business delivering multi-domain and mission-critical capabilities

Feb. 19, 2026 (BRAMPTON, ON) – MDA Space (TSX:MDA), a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today formally launched 49North, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MDA Space exclusively focused on delivering secure, multi-domain C4ISR* and mission-critical capabilities for Canada’s national defence priorities outside the space domain.

January 26, 2026

MDA SPACE AND HANWHA SIGN MOU TO PURSUE KOREAN MILITARY CONSTELLATION PROGRAM

January, 26 2026 – Brampton, ON and Gumi-si, Gyungsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea – MDA Space (TSX:MDA), a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hanwha Systems Co., Ltd. (“Hanwha”), a global leader in smart technologies and aerospace solutions. Through this MOU, MDA Space and Hanwha will explore opportunities to collaborate on the development of Korea’s sovereign Low Earth Orbit (K-LEO) defence constellation, leveraging MDA’s AURORA™ software-defined digital satellites.

January 8, 2026

MDA SPACE SELECTED BY MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY FOR SHIELD PROGRAM

January 8, 2026 (BRAMPTON, ON) – MDA Space Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today announced it has received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Missile Defense Agency for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program.